As the new year approaches, it’s time to reflect on 2024, a year full of exciting research achievements at the University of Georgia. UGA researchers have made their marks examining crucial topics like the health of water resources and urban infrastructure in the face of climate change, the causes of higher suicide rates among young Black males, and an alarming trend in rates of Type 2 diabetes, among other groundbreaking work. Let’s take a closer look at 12 of the most impactful stories of the past year:
- Stress bragging may make you seem less competent, less likable at work
- UGA receives $18M NSF award to democratize glycoscience
- Joro spiders well poised to populate cities
- From disaster zone to living laboratory: Chernobyl provides test bed for UGA researchers
- Multidrug-resistant fungi found in commercial soil, compost, flower bulbs
- Managing the ebb & flow of the I-85 corridor
- Coyotes are everywhere. Should you be concerned?
- Using robotics to help sort onions on Georgia farms
- Young Black men are dying by suicide at alarming rates
- Lilong Chai’s research looks to a cage-free future for poultry farming
- Type 2 diabetes increased by almost 20% over a decade
